How To Install muffin-common on Debian 12

Learn how to install muffin-common on Debian 12 with this tutorial. muffin-common is window and compositing manager (data files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install muffin-common on Debian 12.

What is muffin-common

muffin-common is:

Muffin is a window manager performing compositing as well based on GTK+ and Clutter and used in Cinnamon desktop environment.

This package contains the shared files.

There are three methods to install muffin-common on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install muffin-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install muffin-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install muffin-common

Install muffin-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install muffin-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install muffin-common

Install muffin-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install muffin-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install muffin-common

How To Uninstall muffin-common on Debian 12

To uninstall only the muffin-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove muffin-common

Uninstall muffin-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall muffin-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove muffin-common

Remove muffin-common Configurations and Data

To remove muffin-common configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge muffin-common

Remove muffin-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove muffin-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge muffin-common

Dependencies

muffin-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install muffin-common package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.